Device for holding sewing and mending articles.



J. A. NAYLOR.

DEVICE FOR HOLDING SEWING AND MENDING ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 9 1915.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

THE COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH co.. WASHINGTON, n. t

JAMES AILSON NAYLOR, OF GLEICHEN, ALBERTA, CANADA.

DEVICE FOR HOLDING SEWING AND MENDING ARTICLES.

Application filed April 9, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES AILSON NAYLOR, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of the town of Gleichen, in the Province of Alberta, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Holding Sewing and Mend ng Articles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for holding sewing and mending articles, such as needles, thread, thimbles, buttons and the like, and the object of my in vention is to provide a device of thls character in the form of a miniature chair, which chair is so designed that it may be stamped out of a blank at one operation and thereafter folded into shape, thereby providing a device for the purpose mentioned, which 1s capable of being manufactured and sold at the minimum of cost, which may be shipped in knock-down form with the minimum of transportation charges, and which, besides being of great utilitv, is highly ornamental.

I attain this object by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is an assembled view of my device, in perspective. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device as stamped out of a blank before folding into shape. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the drawer as stamped out of a blank before folding into shape. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the drawer partitions.

Similar figures of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views.

My device may be constructed of any suitable material, such as cardboard, and 1s stamped or cut out of a blank sheet of same in the form shown in Fig. 2, in which 1 indicates the back of the chair and 2, 3, 4, and 5 indicate the respective sides, back and front of the base of the chair. 6 indicates the bottom of the base portion. An opening 7 is cut out of the front part 5, into which opening the drawer 8, herein after described, is slidably fitted. The sides 2 and 3 are extended as shown, 9 and 10 in Figs. 1 and 2, these extended portions forming the arms of the chair, as shown in Fig. 1.

When the main portion of the device has been formed as shown in Fig. 2, the respective sides, back and front portions, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are folded upwardly on the dotted lines 11, 12, 13 and 14, thus forming the frustum of a hollow pyramid, as shown in Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 13, 1916.

Serial No. 20,219.

Fig. 1. The respective edges are then glued together, or they may be secured by means of gummed tape, as indicated by 32 in Fig. 1. Before finally securing the edges together as above described, a flat portion 15, shown in Fig. 1, is inserted into the pyramid just above the drawer opening, and this portion 15, is secured to the respective sides, backand front portions 2, 3, 4 and 5. The back 1 of the chair is also secured to the extended portions 9 and 10, being bent to shape along the dotted line 16.

It will thus be seen that a chair is formed having a back 1 and a base portion formed as the frustum of a hollow pyramid, and that this pyramid is divided by the portion 15 into two sections, the upper one of which, indicated by 17 in Fig. 1, forms a receptacle, and the lower one of which, 18 in Fig. 1, forms a space in which the drawer 8 operates. This receptacle 17 is used for holding balls or skeins of wool or any of the larger articles used for mending or sewing, while the back 1 and arms 9 and 10 are suitably padded and act as cushions for holding needles, pins, and the like. Secured to the back of the chair, on the outer side thereof, is a cardboard strip 19 shown dotted in Fig. 1, which is adapted to hold scissors, crochet hooks, and the like, between itself and the back of the chair. The seat 31 of the chair is formed of a flat piece of cardboard, also padded, and which is hingedly connected by gumming or otherwise so that it may be raised or lowered to open or close the receptacle 17.

A similar method of construction is used in connection with the formation of the drawer of the device, that is, it is formed out of a single blank sheet, as shown, in which 20 and 21 are the sides, 22 is the back end, and 23 is the front end. These respective sides and ends are folded up along the dotted lines 24, 25, 26 and 27, and secured to each other by gumming or otherwise, so that a complete drawer is formed. This drawer is divided into four sections by the partitions 28 and 29, these being notched into each other at the center so that they may be folded to lie flatly, the one on the other, when the entire device is in its knockdown form and before assembling. hen assembling the device the partitions are set as shown in Fig. 4 and secured into place in the drawer as shown in Fig. 1. The sections thus formed in the drawer are used for holding bobbins, buttons, and such like articles, While a semi-circular cardboard member 30 is secured in One section, as shown in Fig. 1, which member is adapted to hold a thimble.

It will be seen therefore, that I have provided a handy device for holding articles used in sewing and mending, which is capable of being manufactured and sold at a very low cost, and Which, on account of its knock-down form, can be shipped to distant points in a convenient manner, and at a low rate of transportation charges.

What I claim as my invention is z A device of the class described for holding Copies of this patent may be obtained for sewing and mending articles comprising a bottom portion, tapered portions formed integral With each side of the bottom portion and having their adjacent edges secured together to form a base in the shane of a frustum of a hollow pyramid, an extension to one of said portions and means on said extension for holding scissors and other sewing implements.

Dated at Gleichen, Alberta, this 15th day of March, 1915.

JAMES AILSON NAYLOR. Vitnesses:

ALFD. G. G. HAMAR, BURTON ROBINSON.

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